But the ring, once on, won't come off, and an angry Neptune sends Emily's boat spinning away across the sea. The magic ring that Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half ordinary girl - finds buried in the sand belongs to Neptune, and he wants it back. But, being Emily, she can't resist exploring forbidden places, and, as a result, she inadvertently wakes the kraken - the legendary sea monster that has been asleep for two hundred years!Įmily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist It is only when Emily has her first school swimming lesson that she discovers why: as soon as she gets into the water, she grows a tail!Įmily Windsnap and the Monster from the DeepĮmily Windsnap is thrilled to arrive at her new home - a secret island near the Bermuda Triangle where humans and merfolk live together, and where being a girl who grows a tail as soon as she enters the water isn't a problem. Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten IslandĮmily Windsnap lives on a boat, but her mother has always been oddly anxious to keep her out of the water.Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls.Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun.Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist.Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep.With a sure sense of suspense and richly imaginative details, first-time author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident - an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity, the mysterious father she’s never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water’s surface. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep Emily away from the water.

It is illustrated primarily by Sarah Gibbįor as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. A young girl learns she’s half mermaid and plunges into a scheme to reunite with her father in this entrancing, satisfying tale that beckons readers far below the waves.Įmily Windsnap is a series of children's fantasy novels written by British author Liz Kessler, inaugurated by The Tail of Emily Windsnap in 2003 and continuing as of 2020.

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